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Technical Calculators

Live length, derating, expansion, velocity, thrust and the rest — the same formulas our engineers use, running in your browser.

Ten tools that run in your browser. Nothing is sent anywhere, nothing needs a login, and they all work on a phone at the plant. They give the same answers our engineers give, from the same formulas.

These are working tools, not sales forms. Use them to check a design, settle an argument on site, or size something before you talk to anyone. If a result is marginal, that is worth a phone call — but you should not need one to get a number.
1Live length — how long does the hose need to be?

Most metal hose failures are length failures. Too short and it over-bends at the fittings.

2Temperature derating — what pressure can it actually hold hot?

Catalogue pressures are ambient figures. This converts one to the pressure your line runs at, and tells you which material governs.

3Thermal expansion — how much movement is there to absorb?

Start here when sizing an expansion joint. Stainless grows about two-fifths more than carbon steel over the same rise.

4Flow velocity — do I need a liner?

Above the velocity limit an unlined corrugated bore resonates and fatigues at the crest.

5Pressure drop across an assembly

An estimate. Corrugated bore costs considerably more pressure than smooth pipe of the same size.

6Bend radius check

Two different numbers depending on whether the hose moves. Using the wrong one is the commonest avoidable failure.

7Vibration duty check

Plots your duty against the standard envelope. See the vibration chart below.

8Pressure thrust

The force a bellows or unbraided hose puts into your anchors. Usually larger than people expect.

9Assembly weight and volume

For handling, support design and hydrostatic test planning.

10Unit converter

Where the numbers come from

Every lookup table behind these tools is from the EWPL Catalogue 2026 — the working pressure and bend radius table in Section 08, the derating factors in the same section, and the flow velocity limits in Section 09. The live length formulas are the ones in Section 10. Nothing here is a generic industry figure.

Two things worth knowing. The flexing bend radius is 2.9 to 5.6 times the static figure, depending on size, so the duty you pick changes the answer a great deal. And for pulsating or surge service, halve the working pressure before you start.

What these cannot do

They size and check. They do not design. A calculator does not know that your line runs past a walkway, that the medium carries entrained solids, that the nozzle has a load limit, or that the plant does a chloride wash every shutdown. Where any of that applies, send us the conditions.

Tell us about the job. We will work out what it needs.

Send the medium, pressure, temperature, movement and end connections — or just describe the problem. You get back a specified assembly and a drawing, and a price once the specification is settled.

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